Bristol Library

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If anyone should wonder what I’ve been doing today, well, here it is. Exciting, no? I thought it would be interesting to any other bizarre individuals curious about the reading habits of the late eighteenth century.

The History Channel could have made a killing in Bristol at this time. Six of the top ten books were multi-volume histories; of course, the complete works of Fielding and Tristram Shandy were up there too.